Calendar year 2022

UK revenue from education related exports and transnational education activity

Data guidance

Published 19 June 2025

Description

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Coverage

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File formats and conventions

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Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

Headline data 2022 (new method)

• Filename: headline_total_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2022
• Content:
  Headline data 2022 (new method)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
revenue	Total UK revenue of education related exports and transnational education activity (TNE) activity in 2022 (in billions)

Headline data HE % 2022 (new method)

• Filename: headline_share_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2022
• Content:
  Headline data 2022 (new method)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
HE_as_%_of_exports	Share of the value of total UK education related exports and transnational education activity accounted for by Higher Education in 2022

Headline data percent change 2022 (new method)

• Filename: headline_change_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2022
• Content:
  Headline data percent change 2022 (new method)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
percent_change	Percentage increase in total UK education related exports and TNE activity from 2021 to 2022

Headline table

• Filename: headline_table_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2022
• Content:
  Headline table

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
education_related_exports_and_tne_activity	Education related exports and transnational education activity
method	Method
revenue	Total revenue in 2022 (£bn)

Table 1 & 2 - Comparison of existing and new methodology (£bn, 2021 and 2022)

• Filename: Table_1_2_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2022
• Content:
  Table 4 & 5 - Comparison of existing and new methodology (£bn, 2021 and 2022)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
education_related_exports_and_tne_activity	Education related exports and transnational education activity
method	Method
revenue_stream	Revenue stream
sector	Sector
sub_stream	Revenue sub-stream
value_in_calendar_year_billion	Value in calendar year (in billion £)
year	Year

Table 3 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity, by revenue stream 2021-2022 (£bn, new methodology)

• Filename: Table_3_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2022
• Content:
  Table 3 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity, by revenue stream 2021-2022 (£bn, new methodology)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
education_related_exports_and_tne_activity	Education related exports and transnational education activity
revenue_stream	Revenue stream
sector	Sector
sub_stream	Revenue sub-stream
value_in_calendar_year_billion	Value in calendar year (in billion £)
year	Year

Table 4 - Total revenue from education related exports and TNE activity from 2010 to 2022 (£bn, new methodology)

• Filename: Table_4_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2022
• Content:
  Table 1 - Total revenue from education related exports and TNE activity from 2010 to 2022 (£bn, new methodology)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
revenue	Total revenue of education related exports and transnational education (TNE) activity (in billions, new methodology)
sector	Sector

Table 5 - Share by revenue stream of total education related exports and TNE activity 2010-2022 (new methodology)

• Filename: Table_5_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2022
• Content:
  Table 2 - Share by revenue stream of total education related exports and TNE activity 2010-2022 (new methodology)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
revenue_stream	Revenue stream
share	Share by revenue stream of total education related exports and transnational education activity from 2010 to 2022 (new methodology)

Table 6 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity 2010-2022, by revenue stream (existing method)

• Filename: Table_6_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2022
• Content:
  Table 6 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity 2010-2022, by revenue stream (existing method)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
education_related_exports_and_tne_activity	Education related exports and transnational education activity
revenue	Total revenue from education related exports and TNE activity from 2010 to 2022, by revenue stream (£bn and current prices, calendar year)
revenue_stream	Revenue stream
sector	Sector
sub_stream	Revenue sub-stream

Table 7 - Annual percentage change in UK education related exports and TNE activity 2010-2022 (existing method)

• Filename: Table_7_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2011 to 2022
• Content:
  Table 7 - Annual percentage change in UK education related exports and TNE activity 2010-2022 (existing method)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
metric	Total education exports and TNE activity
percentage_change	Percentage change year-on-year
percentage_change_years	Change from (calendar year)

Table 8 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE 2010-2022, by revenue stream (£bn, existing methodology)

• Filename: Table_8_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2022
• Content:
  Table 8 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE 2010-2022, by revenue stream (£bn, existing methodology)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
revenue	Total revenue of education related exports and transnational education (TNE) activity in 2022 (in billions)
sector	Sector

Table 9 - Share of UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity, by revenue stream, 2010-2022

• Filename: Table_9_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2022
• Content:
  Table 9 - Share of UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity, by revenue stream, 2010-2022

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
revenue_stream	Revenue stream
share	Share by revenue stream of total education related exports and transnational education activity from 2010 to 2022